VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has underlined the possibility of lifting the public debt limit to have funding for development investments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land issue violations cost the capital city VND160 billion (US$7.6 million) and 3.88ha of land during 2014, Ha Noi Inspectorate Deputy Chief Bui Van Dinh said on Monday at a meeting.

VietNamNet Bridge – The latest decision by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will put pressure on Vietnam’s foreign debt payments in 2015, analysts have said.

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Thanh Hoa province to have new airport; Each Vietnamese bears over US$950 public debt; Red River Delta lures 5,207 FDI projects; Fruit and vegetable trade surplus hit US$956 mil; Vietnamese firms invest over US$1.6 bil abroad in 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – SOEs may cease to be the engine of the national economy if they don't speed up restructuring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have warned that the drop in the crude oil price will put pressure on the public debt, because the government will have to issue more bonds and increase borrowing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many questions have recently surfaced over a lot of macroeconomic issues in Vietnam, especially the use of official development assistance, the country’s rising public debt, and institutional changes among others.

VietNamNet Bridge – When the National Assembly promulgated the Law on Public Debt Management in 2009, Vietnam’s public debt to GDP ratio was similar to other countries; however, that ratio has increased rapidly

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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung laid out a series of measures to deal with public debt and bad banking loans by 2020 in his address to lawmakers yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has suggested raising the the average public debt for 2014-2020 to 68 percent of GDP from the current level set by the National Assembly at 65 percent.

 The Government will keep close control on public debt and strive to bring bad debt ratio to around three percent, according to a resolution adopted following the Cabinet regular meeting in October.

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 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that public debt remains below the safety limit of 65 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and will sink to 60.2 percent by 2020.

“State budget overspending accounts for 5.3% of GDP, while the pubic, government and foreign debts are lower than the permitted level set by the National Assembly (NA) in its Resolution 10 released in 2011”, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

VietNamNet Bridge - The ratio of public debt reported by the Government to the National Assembly is "almost" 64% of GDP, according to NA Vice President Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The impact, if any, of ODA loans on the Long Thanh international airport project on gross domestic product would not be considerable, especially in 2016-2019,

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on October 9 urged ministers to solve problems in connection to budget collections and spending to secure budget safety in 2014 and 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Even though the NA Economic Committee agreed with the need to build a new airport, it also raised concerns over the amount the Long Thanh International Airport project in HCM City might add to public debt.